Rene Michelle Aranda
Born: 1990-12-06 in Whittier, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rene Michelle Aranda, sometimes credited as Ren Aranda, is a multi-award winning, American actress and international producer. Ren's career pursuits began at the age of 13, when she attended her first theater class at Robert O. Townsend Junior High School. She graduated Ruben S. Ayala High School in 2009 with over a dozen awards from the school's drama department, including "Most Inspirational" two years in a row and the first 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in the history of the school's program, founded in her honor. The Thespian Arts Theatre Festival she founded her senior year continues, annually to this date, at her alma matter and inspired other departments, campus-wide, to celebrate talent shows of their own. In the fall following her high school graduation, Ren moved to Los Angeles to attend the 3-year, audition-only conservatory, The LACC Theatre Academy. The Academy alumni includes Morgan Freeman, Mark Hamill, Cindy Williams and Donna Reed. During Aranda's attendance there, she won national recognition when presented with the "Outstanding Performance by an Actress" Award at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for her role as "Willie The Space Freak" in a gender-bended adaptation of Sam Shepard's, "The Unseen Hand". She was flown from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. to be honored February of 2012. There were only two recipients of this first annual award, nationwide. She shaved her head for the role and was credited for this in BuzzFeed Community article, "17 Trail-Blazing Bald Beauties In Hollywood", listed among the likes of Persis Khambatta, Angelina Jolie-Pitt, Natalie Portman, Elliot Page and more. Aranda gained furhter notability in the Entertainment Industry early in her movie career for her producer role in five back-to-back feature films under Plus Entertainment, commissioned for Spanish Television Network, Cinelatino, in 2014. During production, a partnership with Hollywood TV Cops and Hollywood & Vine Talent Casting developed, out of which she landed her most notable roles across feature films, music videos and television shows. She founded her production company, Starpark Studios, in 2008 and made it LLC in 2013. Her acting and producing work has been distributed by the likes of Lifetime, Ion, Syfy, Starz, Discovery, Cinelatino, Netflix, Walmart, Redbox, Amazon, iTunes, YouTube and in movie theaters across the U.S.
Filmography
2025
- The Demon Detective as The Reader
- Night Mistress as Shelly Steele / Night Mistress
2024
2023
- The Assistant as Couple at Restaurant
- F.L.Y. ... (Extras Casting)
2022
- Emily or Oscar as Lawyer Laura
2021
2020
- Dusters as The Retriever
- Mommy Is a Murderer as EMT
- Happy Horror Days as Party Goer (New Years)
- Intolerance: No More as 9-11 Operator (voice)
2019
- Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert as Bunny
- Boris and the Bomb as Sonia
2018
- Searching as Emergency Medical Technician (uncredited)
- Papa as Robin
- Extreme Measures as CSI
2017
- Larceny ... (Casting Associate)
2016
- Betrayed as SWAT
- Married with Secrets as Paramedic
- Christmas with the Andersons as Police Officer
- Shadows of the Dead as Police Officer
- 2 Lava 2 Lantula! as S.W.A.T.
- Murder Among Friends as Officer Mejia
2015
- Faraar as SWAT
- Cherry Red Kiss ... (Story Editor)
2014
- Expelled as Police Officer
2013
- It's Dark Here as Funeral Mourner
- Smile Now, Cry Later